Songs for Ships and Irons

Songs for Ships and Irons is a 1991 collection of non-album singles and B-sides by Cardiacs. It combines the whole of the Big Ship extended play, the whole of the "There's Too Many Irons In The Fire" 12-inch single and the B-sides of the "Susannah's Still Alive" 12-inch single. It also includes a bonus song called "Everything is Easy," a longstanding live favorite not previously released as a studio recording. Some of the quiet talking in between tracks from the original Big Ship mini-album differs from the original release in having been edited/lowered in volume.

The album was out of print, but is available from the Cardiacs website.

Track listing
All songs written by Tim Smith unless otherwise indicated.

Personnel

 * Tim Smith – guitar, vocals
 * Jim Smith – bass
 * Sarah Smith – saxophone
 * William D. Drake – keyboards
 * Dominic Luckman – drums
 * Tim Quy – percussion